Colombia’s National Mining Agency reported that the industry in charge of harvesting Manaure’s salt only produced 205,204 tonnes in 2023, amounting to $3.7m in profit.

Declared the First Wonder of Colombia in 2007, the holy site receives a staggering 50,000 visitors a month, ten thousand of which are foreign nationals. Since opening, it's welcomed more then 13 ...

And they're all carved out of salt. Colombia's Salt Cathedral is located about 600 feet underground, in a former salt mine in Zipaquirá, just outside Bogotá.

And they're all carved out of salt. Colombia's Salt Cathedral is located about 600 feet underground, in a former salt mine in Zipaquirá, just outside Bogotá.

Salt from these mines paid for the military campaigns of the liberators Simón Bolívar and Antonio Nariño, who brought independence to Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela, Rodriguez said.

Book Description: In republican Colombia, salt became an important source of revenue not just to individuals, but to the state, which levied taxes on it and in some cases controlled and profited from ...

And they're all carved out of salt. Colombia's Salt Cathedral is located about 600 feet underground, in a former salt mine in Zipaquirá, just outside Bogotá.

If you can’t get enough of abandoned salt mines, it also offers a tour to the former salt mine in Nemocon. Both tours start at $58; there’s a 10 percent discount for cash. From $58 a person.

And they're all carved out of salt. Colombia's Salt Cathedral is located about 600 feet underground, in a former salt mine in Zipaquirá, just outside Bogotá.